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Phylicia Rashād

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Phylicia Rashād (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen; June 19, 1948) is an American Tony Award winning actress and singer, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. In 2004, Rashād became the first African-American actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun . She resumed the role in the 2008 television adaption of A Raisin in the Sun, which earned her the 2009 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Rashād was dubbed "the mother" of the African American community at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phylicia Rashād, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jun 19, 1948 In Houston, Texas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
60
First Appeared:
In the movie We're Fighting Back 1981-04-28
Latest Project:
Series Diarra from Detroit 2024-03-21
Known For
Poster of Psych
Poster of Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Poster of Polly: Comin' Home!
Poster of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Filmography
Series Diarra from Detroit Vonda 2024-03-21
Movie The Beekeeper Eloise Parker 2024-01-08
Movie Being Mary Tyler Moore Self (voice) 2023-03-13
Movie Creed III Mary-Anne Creed 2023-03-01
Movie Our Son Maya 2023-10-14
Movie Heaven Down Here Nancy 2023-12-14
Movie Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous Anna Campbell 2021-04-08
Movie Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist Self 2021-04-17
Movie tick, tick... BOOM! "Sunday" Legend #12 2021-11-11
Movie A Fall from Grace Sarah 2020-01-17
Movie Black Box Lillian 2020-10-06
Movie Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King Self - Actress 2020-08-30
Movie Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Grandmother Journey 2020-11-06
Movie Between the World and Me Self 2020-11-21
Movie Soul Libba Gardner (voice) 2020-12-25
Movie Black Panther 2018-02-13
Movie Creed II Mary Anne Creed 2018-11-21
Movie Tour de Pharmacy Victoria Young 2017-07-08
Series Jean-Claude Van Johnson Jane 2016-08-19
Movie August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand 2015-02-20
Movie Creed Mary Anne Creed 2015-11-25
Movie Emily & Tim Emily (Segment 5) 2015-08-29
Movie Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee Self 2014-06-22
Series Do No Harm Dr. Vanessa Young 2013-01-31
Movie Good Deeds Wilimena Deeds 2012-02-23
Movie Steel Magnolias Clairee 2012-10-07
Movie Change of Plans Dorothy 2011-01-08
Movie For Colored Girls Gilda 2010-11-05
Movie Just Wright Ella McKnight 2010-05-14
Movie Frankie & Alice Edna 2010-12-10
Movie A Raisin in the Sun Lena Younger 2008-02-25
Series Psych Mme Guster 2006-07-07
Series Everybody Hates Chris Unknown 2005-09-22
Movie The Cosby Show: A Look Back Self / Clair Huxtable (archive footage) 2002-05-19
Movie NBC 75th Anniversary Special Self 2002-05-05
Movie The Visit Dr. Coles 2001-04-20
Movie The Old Settler Elizabeth Barney 2001-04-25
Movie Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man Cassandra Hawkins 2001-05-02
Series Bull 2000-08-15
Movie Free of Eden Desiree 1999-02-21
Series Little Bill Brenda Glover (voice) 1999-11-28
Movie The Babysitter's Seduction Kate Jacobs 1996-01-22
Series Cosby Ruth Lucas 1996-09-16
Movie Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored Ma Ponk 1996-01-26
Movie The Possession of Michael D. Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist) 1995-05-02
Series Touched by an Angel Unknown 1994-09-21
Movie David's Mother Gladys Johnson 1994-04-10
Movie Hallelujah Mayor Turner 1993-12-22
Movie Jailbirds Janice Grant 1991-05-16
Movie The Earth Day Special Clair Huxtable 1990-04-22
Series Blossom Unknown 1990-07-05
Movie Polly: Comin' Home! Aunt Polly 1990-11-18
Movie False Witness Lynne Jacobi 1989-10-23
Movie Polly Aunt Polly 1989-11-12
Movie Mickey's 60th Birthday Disneyland Cleaning Lady 1988-11-13
Movie Uncle Tom's Cabin Eliza 1987-06-14
Series A Different World Unknown 1987-09-24
Series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Unknown 1987-12-14
Series The Cosby Show Clair Huxtable 1984-09-20
Movie We're Fighting Back 1981-04-28